Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan

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er who plays all formats of the game. He made his international debut for the

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in October 2019. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is an old boy of

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Domestic career

In a

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match in January 2016, he scored 342 runs for

Sinhalese Sports Club The Sinhalese people, Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) was a first-class cricket club in Colombo, Sri Lanka till 2025 when they were relegated after enduring a horrendous 2024-25 version of the Major Club 3 day tournament in which they could only m ...

against

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, Maggona. In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the

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. The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the

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. In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the

2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament The 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament was a List A cricket tournament that was played in Sri Lanka between 4 and 11 April 2019. Four teams took part in the competition: Colombo, Dambulla, Galle and Kandy, with Galle being the defending ch ...

. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the

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. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the

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tournament. SLC Greys won the tournament, with Bhanuka being named the player of the match in the final. In July 2022, he was signed by the

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for the third edition of the

International career

He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the

2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was played in the United Arab Emirates. It was the tenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Sixteen nations co ...

. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in the UAE, but he did not play. In September 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squads for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan. He made his

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(ODI) debut for Sri Lanka, against

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, on 2 October 2019. He made his

(T20I) debut for Sri Lanka, also against Pakistan, on 5 October 2019. In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. In December 2020, Gunathilake was named in Sri Lanka's

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squad for their series against South Africa. He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka, against

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, on 3 January 2021. In September 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the

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. In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhanuka, Minod 1995 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka Test cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Kandy Crusaders cricketers Jaffna Kings cricketers Kandy Falcons cricketers